Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe


	Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe

JICWyllie

4-30-2009 11:12 AM

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1-civilisation, 1-collapse, 1-technology, 2-change, 2-record, 2-risks, 3-predicted, 4-intl

JICWyllie says:

This is science warning of a 2012 solar event -- NASA and the New Scientist. Nobody is listening, yet. The only way to prepare is to decrease dependency on electricity, fast. Too bad for the electric car enthusiasts.

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sown the seeds of their own destruction. Our modern way of life, with its 
reliance on technology, has unwittingly exposed us to an extraordinary danger: 
plasma balls spewed from the surface of the sun could wipe out our power grids, 
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